Case Report: A crushing sensation—a rare case of mediastinal germ cell tumor causing cardiac tamponade

Case Report: A crushing sensation—a rare case of mediastinal germ cell tumor causing cardiac tamponade

Cardiac tamponade often presents as external compression of the heart by pericardial fluid, leading to hemodynamic instability, but it can rarely be caused by compression by a solid mass. In this report, we present a case of tamponade-like physiology resulting from a large mediastinal tumor. This is...

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Main Authors: Kevin S. Tang, Emin Zargarian, Pranav M. Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
cardiac tamponade
mediastinal tumor
cardiac critical care
germ cell tumor (GCT)
pericardial effusion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1539900/full
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